Drinking Tea as a Sacred Practice | Brother Phap Dung

Learning to drink tea, mindfully

I do that every day.

Lighting a candle and an incense.

That has become my ritual for

cultivating Mother Earth in me.

And you know, Thay drinks tea quite often

during Dharma talks and so on, and

I was able to be near him and around him

when he did drink tea

And yeah, I just very inspired

to see he was very consistent

when he drinks tea, he's like

He's really drinking tea, you know!

like it's very sacred

Yeah, so I was very impressed with that

So no matter where he is, what he's doing

even at the airport

when he grabs that cup of tea

It's just like, I don't know but

it's like trying to catch him when he's like

you know, he's like

He's always like

You know he drinks the tea

really like, like a sacred act, you know

so for me I'm cultivating that,

that simple act and keeping it regular

when I drink tea

so I try to keep Thay alive in me

and Mother Earth in me, and to see the water

that comes from the air, the sky,
the rain, the river